Microsoft Convergence 2003 portrayed an Enterprise Solutions crossroad!
Kevin Ramesan - May 2, 2003

Event Summary

On March 19, 2003, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) conveyed more than 3000 of its business partners, hot prospects and best customers to its seventh annual event in Orlando, Florida. This year the conference focused on the convergence of Microsoft business solutions and the launch of both Microsoft CRM application and Microsoft Business Portal. Both products leverage the Microsoft .NET Framework and extensively integrate with Microsoft Business Solutions-Great Plains and Microsoft Business Solutions-Solomon business applications. Microsoft is aiming at a true single-source for business information and processes. The emphasis at Microsoft Business Solutions conference was to demonstrate lower cost of ownership through ease of integration and use. Microsoft integration's masterpiece was clearly Microsoft Outlook...